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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
626 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR APRIL 14, 2026 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT IN LOGAN
COUNTY, OHIO...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS OF 70-80 MPH WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE OBSERVED AT
THE BENJAMIN LOCAL SCHOOLS PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS NEAR AND
ALONG STATE ROUTE 47.
THERE WAS MINOR TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE PROPERTY OF BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL SCHOOLS AS WELL AS SOME ROOF
DAMAGE ALONG A FLAT PORTION OF ONE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
SEVERAL LIGHT POLES WERE EITHER BENT OR BROKEN ON THE PROPERTY,
INCLUDING AT THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. SEVERAL VERY SMALL OUTBUILDINGS
ON THE GROUNDS OF THE FIELD/STADIUM COMPLEX WERE MOVED FROM THEIR
ORIGINAL LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE WHICH WAS ANCHORED TO A CEMENT
SLAB. FURTHER EAST OF THE STADIUM, A SCHOOL BUS WAS OVERTURNED,
WITH SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED IN THIS VICINITY AS WELL.
FURTHER EAST OF THIS TREE LINE, SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING
PARTIAL REMOVAL OF SHEET METAL ROOFING, WAS OBSERVED TO TWO
OUTBUILDINGS AT THE BENJAMIN LOCAL SCHOOLS LAND LAB. SHEET METAL
ROOFING AND SIDING FROM THESE STRUCTURES WAS STREWN ACROSS THE
FIELD DOWNWIND AND INTO A WOODED AREA. SEVERAL INSTANCES OF
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN THIS WOODED AREA EAST OF THE
SCHOOL, WITH A FEW HARDWOODS SNAPPED NEAR THEIR BASES.
FURTHER TO THE EAST ALONG STATE ROUTE 47 CLOSER TO COUNTY ROAD 12,
ADDITIONAL AREAS OF TREE DAMAGE, WITH SEVERAL SNAPPED TREES, WAS
OBSERVED NEAR A PROPERTY THAT SUSTAINED MINOR SIDING AND GARAGE
DOOR DAMAGE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 12, ALONG STATE
ROUTE 47, SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES SUSTAINED SOME TREE DAMAGE,
INCLUDING TREES DOWNED INTO A POND. AN OUTBUILDING IN THIS
VICINITY ALSO SUSTAINED SOME SHEET METAL ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LOGAN COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, OFFICIALS FROM BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL
SCHOOLS, AND BOKESCREEK TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS DAMAGE SURVEY.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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